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It's been four years. Netflix is bigger. Amazon and Hulu are making quality content. What has changed? Is Breaking Bad still in such high regard that it remains #1?
Wanna do this, people?
Wanna do this, people?
Sure, what's the plan? Submit a top 10?
Not bad, I got 3 out of 5, maybe 4 come to think about it.Sopranos
Breaking Bad
All in the Family
MASH
The Twilight Zone
Not sure what the criteria is, but that's my top five
1. The Dekalog
7. Fanny and Alexander
Why? They're structured like a mini-series, and were deliberately created for the medium. The versions I'm talking about are closer to series' than films. If anything, they're unfairly and criminally overlooked as series' because they're more famously associated with films.Cheater
AgreedIf you want to, go for it. Personally, I've never really understood the value of board-wide consensus polls, and find them a little frustrating. I prefer when everyone just argues about their own opinions rather than determine the victor in a popularity contest.
this thread has made me realize how little television I've watched in the last four years. I think the only things I've watched start to finish in that time is Rick and Morty and the new Planet Earths/Blue Planets.
Agree with the bolded but not necessarily the other stuff.It's mostly overhyped ****. And if it's good then it's just good for a few seasons at most minus outliers. Films are better. Even when they aren't great they're better.
You don't become a slave to them either.
Oh, I actually don't factor in the bad stuff-- it's not worth considering, IMO. I'm just referring to the stuff that deserves critical praise from both mediums.Films have a huge advantage in that they get to tell the whole story from start to end in one sitting.
That being said, every article I've read disagrees with you guys. They all say from the Sopranos to now that TV has become almost or just as good as film. In this forum though only graphic violence shows such as The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones are great. Very sad.
You remember the bad TV, because you see it for free and commercials. You remember the good films, because of award nominations and shows.
Look how many comic book films, remakes, and sequels there are. There are hundreds (thousands?) of bad movies every year that you never hear of. Films that instantly die at the box office, films that never go to the box office, small budgets, indies, second and third rate horror films, etc., etc., etc.
While I love some television, I just don't think that the peaks have quite hit that transcendent masterpiece level that dozens and dozens of films have in the past.